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Google Pays $1 Billion for London Office Building

Google said Friday that it would spend $1 billion to purchase a London office building, making it the owner of another high-priced piece of real estate as the internet giant bets on an eventual return to office for its employees around the world. The company said it would buy a building in London’s West End where it had already been leasing office space. The purchase is on top of another $1 billion that Google is estimated to be spending to construct an 11-story, one-million-square-foot… Source link

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Google expands London property empire with $1 billion office purchase

The Central St Giles building in London. DavorLovincic | iStock Unreleased | Getty Images Google has bought a colorful office space in London for $1 billion while it waits for building work on its heavily-delayed U.K. headquarters to be completed. The internet giant announced Friday that it has acquired all of the Central St. Giles building, where it already occupies a number of floors, in London’s West End. “Our investment in this striking Renzo Piano-designed development represents our… Source link

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Google shows faith in office with $1 billion London deal

The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Tech giant Google has spent $1 billion to buy a central London building where it is currently a tenant, showing its confidence in the future of the office as a place to work, the company said on Friday. Google, which employs 6,400 people in Britain, plans a multi-million… Source link

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Google in $1bn deal to buy Central Saint Giles offices in London | Google

Google has announced a $1bn (£871m) deal to buy the London development Central Saint Giles, calling the move a show of confidence in the return to more office working. The US tech firm currently rents space in the brightly coloured development designed by the architect Renzo Piano, which is located in the centre of the capital, near Oxford Street. The building – with its distinctive red, green, orange and yellow facade – includes 408,000 sq ft (38,000 sq metres) of office space, as well… Source link

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Russia’s Yandex launches rapid grocery delivery service in London

A courier for Yango Deli, a rapid grocery delivery service run by Russia’s Yandex, rides through London. Yango Deli LONDON — Russian technology giant Yandex is jumping into London’s heated grocery delivery market, with a service that ships essential items to people’s doors in as little as 15 minutes. Yandex said Thursday it has opened four dark stores — mini warehouses designed to fulfill online grocery orders — across the U.K. capital. The company’s service, called Yango Deli, has the… Source link

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Russia’s Yandex Launches Ultrafast Grocery Delivery in London

Russia’s Yandex has launched a rapid grocery delivery service in London — the latest expansion into Western markets for a major Russian technology firm. The ultrafast delivery service will operate under the Yango Deli brand and offer delivery of more than 2,500 products in 15 minutes. The business model is based on the technology giant’s success in rolling out its Yandex Lavka grocery service across Russia, and follows launches in Israel and France as part of an… Source link

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Ethereum ‘London fork’ helps prices rally as bitcoin breaks $40K

Developers successfully completed a ‘hard fork’ of ethereum on Thursday, essentially changing the underlying code that the cryptocurrency relies on to run. Photo: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty A successful change to the code underlying the world’s second biggest cryptocurrency ethereum (ETH-USD) has helped improve sentiment and drive crypto prices higher. Developers successfully completed a “hard fork” of ethereum on Thursday, essentially changing the underlying code that the… Source link

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